Treatment of recurrent dermatofibrosarcoma protuberans with imatinib mesylate, followed by Mohs micrographic surgery

Dermatologic Surgery

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 741-744

  Wright, Tina I ^b   Petersen, Jeffrey E ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMATINIB;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOPSY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER REGRESSION; CANCER STAGING; CASE REPORT; CHEMOSURGERY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DERMATOFIBROSARCOMA PROTUBERANS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LATISSIMUS DORSI FLAP; NAUSEA; NEUROFIBROMATOSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCALP; SKIN GRAFT; SKULL SURGERY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; DERMATOFIBROSARCOMA; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MOHS SURGERY; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; PIPERAZINES; PYRIMIDINES; SCALP; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 34249814003     PISSN: 10760512     EISSN: 15244725     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1524-4725.2007.33154.x     Document Type: Article

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